Triple dose of gadolinium-DTPA increases the sensitivity of spinal cord MRI in detecting enhancing lesions in multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-225

  Yousry, Tarek A ^a   Fesl, Gunter ^a   Walther, Ernst ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Contrast enhancement; Gadolinium DTPA; Magnetic resonance; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord; Triple dose

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NECK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; THORAX;

EID: 0032581237     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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